Le Piccole Cose . . . It’s The Little Things, in Life, in Romance, in OOTDs . . .

A twist, today, in my little series on What I Wore, What I Listened To, and What I Saw while walking. . .  I didn’t wear this outfit for walking, at least not any further…

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Speaking Kindly to Ourselves. . .

First: I’ve posted my August reading on my reading blog, including a few titles I’m sure you’ll enjoy; I’d love to have you stop by and check it out. . . . Otherwise, though. . .…

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Rounding Up the Summer Reading — August Is Over!

 We’re in the last third of this challenging year,  a year in which my reading has oscillated between indulging my need to escape and fulfilling my need to understand the challenges we face. August brought…

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Money Memoir. . . Stories from Childhood. . .

Here’s the excerpt I referred to last post, from Carmen Machado’s brave and moving memoir about a passionate lesbian love that slid confusingly into abuse, that left her disoriented and doubting herself, the experience exacerbated…

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La Rentrée, Sneaking up on it, at least. . .

  I’m not quite ready to return to blogging, still thinking about what that means for me given recent changes to the (free) blogging platform (Blogger) that I’ve been using for 13 (!!) years.  All…

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